It is calling on the uns top court to reject it. South africas lawyers accuse them of acting with legal impunity. Israel is increasing its attacks in gaza, and in so doing, is wilfully breaching the binding orders of this court. Israel similarly breaches the binding resolutions of the United Nations security council. Weve heard boasts that israels army is the most moral army in history. And weve heard denials that there is famine in gaza. For months, people, particularly in the west, have appeared unwilling to accept that the accusations are true. Our correspondent is reporting on the story. She sent us this update from the hague. South africas lawyers were unequivocal. They said palestinians did not need words or diplomacy, they needed an urgent intervention by this court to ensure palestinians right to life under the Genocide Convention was protected. The reason why they are focusing on rafah in these provisional measures request is because they say it is the last refuge which has not been destroyed, the only remaining centre of humanitarian aid, host to one of the only functioning hospitals in gaza, and so therefore they said rafah is central to sustaining palestinian life. Without it, there is no possibility of reconstruction. The hearing coincides with the top israel offensive. The Usa Department says it maintains its support for israel to defend itself but a spokesperson said aid going into the territory through the Rafah Crossing can come to a halt and he urged israel to provide more sustained humanitarian access to gaza. We continue to humanitarian access to gaza. Continue to press for all Border Crossings to be open, for deliveries of aids, but more must be done to address the scale of a need. We will continue to press israel and other partners in the region to allow for ensure the safety of humanitarianism and activities over an additional Land Crossings and remove impediments to the delivery of humanitarian aid and do more to make sure that aides can get to the places it needs to go. Those comments come as a us military announced that construction is complete on a temporary fluting peer in gaza, designed to increase aid to gaza. Ships carrying assessors are restricted to arrive in the coming days. Here is how the Distribution System works. Commercial ships will collect pallets from cyprus were hundreds of tons of aid are waiting and will be then delivered to a floating platform and get several kilometres off the coast of gaza. It is then picked up by small us military vessels to bring it to the newly constructed fluting peer connected to the beach in gaza. The Biden Administration said this week it was sent to 1 billion worth of weapons to israel, doing so requires approvalfrom members of approval from members of congress. Approvalfrom members of congress. Not all of them. Even the democrats are on board were sending the assistance, including the chair of the Progressive Caucus in the house of representatives. Here is what she told us earlier. The administration what she told us earlier. The administration is what she told us earlier. Tue administration is still what she told us earlier. Tte administration is still working to outline in this moment as towards israel funding, you heard the president last week Make Killalea on an interview that he will not provide offensive weapons to israel if israel launches a full scale invasion of rafah. He also said that they had withheld a shipment of bombs to israel which is still being withheld. The most recent assistance is troubling to us because it has not really been put into context. My understanding is that it is defensive weapons that are part of the weapons that have been approved for some time what i have communicated to them is it is very confusing because it muddies the message. I have also said the president ue red light on the invasion and i want to make sure the red light is not so thin you cant see it because what we see in rafah today is the amassing of troops to go into rafah, the leaflets within the rafah, 350,000 palestinians you have already fled, and some ground tanks that have made their way into rafah. T5 ground tanks that have made their way into rafah. Their way into rafah. Is there an enforcement their way into rafah. Is there an enforcement of their way into rafah. Is there an enforcement of the their way into rafah. Is there l an enforcement of the redline . If israel, as you said, it appears they are starting this Ground Operation and we dont know what it looks like yet, what you expect to see from the Biden Administration . The president Biden Administration . The president has Biden Administration . Tte president has been Biden Administration . Tte president has been clear, Biden Administration . Tt2 president has been clear, i spoke to him this weekend a couple of times on this topic. He has been cleared and he will not back down that if there is an invasion in rafah there will be no more offensive Military Assistance provided to israel. The question is what constitutes that invasion. People are fleeing, no safe place to go. There are tanks in rafah. The israeli army has taken over the crossing. Aid has essentially stopped. I spoke to administrator a couple of days ago, she told me that the average truck per day for the average truck per day for the last seven days was 30 trucks per day were making their way in to gaza, humanitarian assistance. That is paltry, meaningless, absolutely unacceptable for a place where famine has already set in and 1. 1 Million People on brink of starvation. We soke on brink of starvation. We spoke to on brink of starvation. We spoke to one on brink of starvation. We spoke to one of on brink of starvation. We spoke to one of your colleagues, a democrat from north carolina, she told us the us has to live up to the agreements that have been made to israel. Help it defend hamas. What is your response to that, that israel is doing what it needs to do to defeat hamas . My it needs to do to defeat hamas . My response is the us will always be there for defensive assistance against hezbollah, iran, to protect innocent israelis, with the in dome, because of that are required in a defensive mode. What we will not do we should not do is contribute to an offensive on innocent palestinians that have already led over 35,000 people dead, over75,000 already led over 35,000 people dead, over 75,000 enjoyed, lovely women and children. In a fight that the us itself has said is not the way to defeat hamas. I said after 7 october that was a horrific attack, i condemned hamas, i defended the israel right to defend itself. That does not include violating us domestic policy, withholding humanitarian assistance, violating International Humanitarian law, which i believe has happened. Israel has so clearly believe has happened. Israel has so clearly we believe has happened. Israel has so clearly we are believe has happened. Israel has so clearly we are not has so clearly we are not responsible, hamas is about itself among civilians. Tl responsible, hamas is about itself among civilians. It does not distinguish itself among civilians. It does not distinguish between itself among civilians. It does not distinguish between the l not distinguish between the cause of an event and the consequences of an invasion or military action. You cannot say because you did this bad thing to me i am able to go in and target innocent civilians with impunity, that is not how it works. That is why International Humanitarian law very clearly states it does not take into account what started an event, whether you agree with or disagree with what started an event, it looks at how do you minimise casualties of innocent civilians was a conflict has started. T of innocent civilians was a conflict has started. I want to ask ou conflict has started. I want to ask you about conflict has started. I want to ask you about the conflict has started. I want to ask you about the domestic l ask you about the domestic situation as well. You have seen the recent polls showing former President Trump leading and he battleground states. Are you worried the biden policy could cost him this election . 0n the polls, ifind could cost him this election . 0n the polls, i find them very misleading often and if you look at the actual polling questions you understand why a poll but it turned out the way you did. Poll but it turned out the way ou did. ,. ,. , you did. The frustration there is real . Exactly you did. The frustration there is real . Exactly what you did. The frustration there is real . Exactly what i you did. The frustration there is real . Exactly what i was i is real . Exactly what i was auoin is real . Exactly what i was going to is real . Exactly what i was going to see is real . Exactly what i was going to see. Whatever. Is real . Exactly what i was l going to see. Whatever they say, i do think this issue of the us position towards israel and towards the war on gaza is extremely important to particularly our young voters, of black voters, our very concerned with this union workers, many Labour Unions that have lifted this up because many unions have a lot of young members who care about this. They are and i war. This is an ant i war movement. I think about our basic swing voters as being young people, indigenous folks, who may not vote for trump but they may not vote for trump but they may not vote at all. Vote for trump but they may not vote at all vote at all. What is your message . Vote at all. What is your message . If vote at all. What is your message . If they vote at all. What is your message . If they come | vote at all. What is your i message . If they come to vote at all. What is your message . If they come to you to say i cannot vote for President Biden in november, what is your message to them to convince them to do so . Indie message to them to convince them to do so . Message to them to convince them to do so . We are working for a shift them to do so . We are working for a shift in them to do so . We are working for a shift in the them to do so . We are working for a shift in the us them to do so . We are working for a shift in the us policy for a shift in the us policy and you thought that last week with the beginnings of what the president was saying. He is listening to what people around the country are saying, not moving as quickly as we want what i do believe were getting a shift in policy, and we will have to earn back the trust of young voters and that is why the Progressive Caucus which i leaders put out our 2025 proposition agenda, universal childcare, no family pays more than 7 of their income in childcare costs. A big investment in housing, young people cannot afford to live anymore. We will not be able to organise a progress under donald trump. They will be a dictatorship and so for our Organising Purposes to get to a better place, we need President Biden to be in office and then we need to push him just as we are pushing him on policy towards the middle east. Tit a towards the middle east. In a sin of towards the middle east. In a sign of further towards the middle east. In a sign of further discontent with the Biden Administration handling of the warren gaza, a staffer has become the first jewish appointee to resign. A former Special Assistant to the Chief Of Staff in the interior Department Said in her resignation letter. Israel denies any accusations of genocide. She is at least the fifth of Biden Administration staffer to leave over concerns of their policy. I spoke to her earlier. I spoke to her earlier. There is a lot of i spoke to her earlier. There is a lot of misalignment i spoke to her earlier. There l is a lot of misalignment inside the ministration as a whole between people who work for the admin and leadership. Unfortunately i think people, they are not listening to their constituents and they are not aware of how important this is, notjust aware of how important this is, not just for the sake aware of how important this is, notjust for the sake of palestinians on the grabber to the American Public and how politically disastrous it is for them to continue. What you ho e for them to continue. What you hope your for them to continue. What you hope your statement for them to continue. What you hope your statement and hope your statement and resignation will achieve . T resignation will achieve . I hope it inspires other appointees to take their public stands for palestinian lies Evenif Stands for palestinian lies even if it means resigning and i hope it motivates my community, thejewish community, the jewish community, the jewish community, to community, thejewish community, to understand it is long past time for us to stand up long past time for us to stand up against what is happening to palestinians in our name, and i hope that people refer to palestinians from all leadership on the issue. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news South West Water says a parasite could have made its way into the brixham, devon, public water supply through a faulty valve. Public health says 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and up to 100 people reported symptoms to their gp in the last week. The illness causes diarrhoea and vomiting. People have been told to boil their tap water until further notice. Bottled water is also being handed out. They are compensating affected residents. A five year old boy has died after falling from a block of flats in east london. He died at the scene. A neighbour who called the Emergency Services said the boys parents were inconsolable. Police say the death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious, and say they are working to establish the full circumstances. The Grocer Morrisons is facing backlash from angry farmers for its trial of sales of New Zealand Lamb in 39 of its stores. The supermarket says its in response to Customer Demand for cheaper prices. It says it will still sell british lamb. The National Farmers union says New Zealand Lamb is produced to potentially lower standards. You are watching bbc news. The russian it incursion in ukraine continues as at least five russian drones struck the city late on thursday. There was no immediate word on casualties. The mayor said one of the districts had been hit, triggering a fire. The aerator that has since been lifted. This was hours after Volodymyr Zelensky said fighting in the region is difficult under control. 0fficials region is difficult under control. Officials have since asked their american and nato counterparts to help train at least 150,000 new recruits, something the us originally rejected, but the New York Times reported on thursday the chairman of the usjoint Chiefs Of Staff hinted a plan appears inevitable and would happen eventually over time. Vladimir putin and accrue to praise theirfriendship and putin and accrue to praise their friendship and deep ties in a joint appearance before the media on thursday. Vladimir putin said russia and china want a political solution to the ukraine crisis while xi jinping called for a two State Solution to the warren gaza. The visit comes as a faces hundreds of sanctions. Beijing has provided an important financial lifeline. In the west, he is seen as a pariah but in china, Vladimir Putin is a key partner as beijing seeks a new world order. 0ne not led by the united states. The red carpet was rolled out, complete with a Red Army Band welcome as they walked together in a show of defiance against western pressure. Mr putin needs china. Its become an economic lifeline for an isolated and heavily sanctioned russia. Translation china will always be a Good Neighbour and good friend of mutual trust with russia. Mr putin said he would inform president xi about the situation in ukraine, and he said he would welcome chinas role as peacemaker. Beijing put forward a 12 point peace plan more than a year ago, but it received a lukewarm welcome from both ukraine and russia. But while mr xi is trying to play peacemaker, hes also accused of helping to fuel russias war. If the west wants to stop russias advances in ukraine, they know here is one place they can do that. Now, beijing is not supplying moscow with weapons, but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. The us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready, this time to target chinese banks, so president xi has a decision to make. Beijing does need moscow. Russia supplies it with cheap oil and gas. This Soaring Trade also helps shield mr putin from western sanctions. Beijing is not likely to make any policy shifts. Instead, the two pledged to deepen their partnership, but mr xi will be calculating just how much hes willing to pay for mr putins war. Laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. For more on the summit, i spoke to graham allison, former assistant secretary of defence for policy and plans and current Douglas Dillon professor of government at harvard university. He recently met with president xi during a private beijing visit i